# Senior Staff Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse/c6b2dd7c-514f-4768-bfdc-966f488ad706 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse/c6b2dd7c-514f-4768-bfdc-966f488ad706.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Nottingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum (pro rata for part-time) - **Contract type:** 12 months (secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-24T10:01:07.585Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/kirkby_ashfield/Nottinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Nursing/Community_Nursing-v8096239 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8096239?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview A development opportunity has arisen for Community Staff Nurses to provide leadership and support into  our  Community Nursing Team across 7 different locations within the following teams Worksop and Villages, Rushcliffe, Nottingham North and East, Mansfield and Newark teams.  This is a  secondment opportunity for the Community Nursing Team  for a  period of 12 months as a Senior Staff Nurse. You must have significant community experience with the ability to motivate yourself and others. It is essential you have effective leadership skills and be committed to supporting integrated ways of working across our community nursing team. ### Main duties of the job You must be able to maintain the highest standards of quality care for your patients. You will be expected to manage a caseload of complex, high risk and supported self care patients.  You will therefore demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to manage and lead change within the community. You will need to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary environment and be politically aware of service developments. You will be flexible, reliable and approachable. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Applicants must be 1st Level Registered General Nurse with current NMC Registration. You must have evidence of recent diploma level study and hold 120 level 2 diploma credits or equivalent. A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to manage a caseload and lead and manage the nursing team within an integrated and interagency context - Good holistic and person centered assessment skills - Ability to plan, perform and evaluate complex patient’s nursing care including self-care initiatives - Good written/oral and IT communication skills - Ability to be flexible and diplomatically handle conflict issues - Ability to appraise staff performance and direct the development of others - Ability to promote health and wellbeing both at individual and population levels - Clinical supervision skills **Desirable** - Ability to demonstrate investigation skills/PSIRF process ### Training **Essential** - Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and Trust policy, values and objectives. - Awareness of national and local issues impacting on nursing care - Ability to seek out current best practice based on research and evidence based enquiry. - Understanding of clinical risk assessments and risk management - Knowledge of the nursing 6 c’s ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding - Specialist and area specific expereince **Desirable** - The ability to deal with and resolve conflict ### Physical Requirements **Essential** - Able to perform the full range of nursing duties ### Values and Behaviours **Essential** - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation ### Contractual Requirements **Essential** - Ability to work to meet the needs of the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays) as identified within the contract of employment - A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010 ### Qualification/Professional **Essential** - 1st Level Registered Nurse - BSc Honours degree or equivalent/must be prepared to work towards completion of specialist practice community nursing course if successful - Evidence of 120 level 2 credits in diploma level study - Recognised teaching and mentoring qualification e.g. ENB 998 or FLIPS/SLIP - Nurse Prescriber/or work towards V150 qualification **Desirable** - Demonstrates continued professional development to maintain professional registration - Holds a mentorship qualification and has ability to provide mentorship to others ## Documents - [about the trust (pdf, 6.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2983) - [colleague benefits (pdf, 16.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2913) - [about nottinghamshire healthcare (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2079) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10415570) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.